Resourcing Advisor, Regional in Leeds

What You'll Do:

• Responsibility for fee‑earning legal recruitment, including taking effective briefs from hiring partners and working with hiring managers to design compelling campaigns and role profiles aligned to the AG EVP and employer brand.
• Shortlisting and screening candidates, providing advice, best practice and market insights to hiring partners, and managing the end‑to‑end recruitment process through to offer.
• Giving timely feedback, advising on salaries and approvals, managing offers through to acceptance, handling candidate queries, ensuring a smooth handover to HR Administration, and capturing/sharing feedback where offers are declined.
• Taking full ownership of your allocated fee‑earning division by assessing and managing speculative applications, supporting AG2030 growth plans, and continuously tracking and reviewing the candidate pipeline to identify strong matches early.
• Attracting and engaging talent through continuous market research, networking and insight, building strong relationships with local agencies and hiring teams.
• Coaching and advising hiring managers, focusing on direct sourcing (e.g. talent mapping, job boards, referrals, social media) to optimise candidate experience, cost per hire and inclusion outcomes.
• Acting as a strong business partner, building effective relationships with Divisional Finance, HR and BD, and leading key recruitment projects and initiatives.
• Using the recruitment system and reporting tools to monitor recruitment activity, success rates, agency performance/usage and pipeline diversity.
• Providing sustained responsiveness, first-rate service and high standards to deliver an excellent internal hiring manager experience and an inclusive, fair and efficient candidate experience.

Who We're Looking For:

• This role requires an experienced Recruitment Advisor, with experience gained either in house or with an agency.
• Experience of direct resourcing including using tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter.
• A strong understanding and experience working in the legal sector.
• Experience of end‑to‑end sourcing and attraction methods, candidate pipelining and attraction in‑line with the firm's strategic ambitions.
• Ability to build strong and credible relationships with candidates and stakeholders at all levels in the business.
• Capable of delivering advice which is both accurate and commercially sound, ensuring knowledge is kept up to date.
• Committed to growing your network within the wider recruitment profession.
• A passion for learning, seeking new methods of attraction and curiosity about new hiring tools and tech that comes to market.

Why Choose Us?

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are not just valued but encouraged to reach your full potential. Our culture promotes improvement, growth, and collaboration, making us the natural choice for top‑tier clients. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees.

Interested? If this role sounds like your next career step, we'd love to hear from you. Click the Apply button to view the full role profile on our website and start your application!